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andrew oxenburgh wrote:
> 
> sj2393@ansys.com (Steve Jones) writes:
> > How in MFC does one go about embedding a control within a
> > window that is not a dialog box?  For example, I can
> > construct and Create() a CEdit object within a CView derived
> > class, but nothing (apparently) happens.  I knew when I
> > tried it something wasn't quite right; I wasn't sure what to
> > use for the nID.  Is it necessary to use a resource?
> >
> >
> > steve
> >
> > stevejones@ansys.com
> >

So far as I know the nID can be anything you like. To have it come up visible at the start don't 
forget to set WS_VISIBLE in the Create.
I have:

in *.h
class CVertAxis : public CWnd		// the containing class (could be from CView)
{
.
.
    CEdit TopScale;		// embedded edit control
.
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	// Generated message map functions
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CVertAxis)
	afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
.
.
and in *.cpp

int CVertAxis::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
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	if (!TopScale.Create(WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_TABSTOP|
		ES_MULTILINE | ES_RIGHT, rect1, this, IDC_TOPSCALE))
	{
		TRACE("Failed to create TopScale in CVertAxis");
		return -1;
	}
.
.
Hope this helps.